Insurance for the unmarried.Are domestic-partner benefits made obsolete OBSOLETE. This term is applied to those laws which have lost their efficacy, without being repealed, 2. A positive statute, unrepealed, can never be repealed by non-user alone. 4 Yeates, Rep. 181; Id. 215; 1 Browne's Rep. Appx. 28; 13 Serg. & Rawle, 447. by legalized same-sex marriage Noun 1. same-sex marriage - two people of the same sex who live together as a family; "the legal status of same-sex marriages has been hotly debated" couple, twosome, duet, duo - a pair who associate with one another; "the engaged couple"; "an inseparable ? That's what some Massachusetts employers have been arguing, and now they've drawn the ire of a new coalition of prominent gay rights groups. "We've just barely secured this one right in this one state," said Dorian Solot, executive director of the Albany, N.Y.-based Alternatives to Marriage Project, one of 11 groups lobbying to get employers to reconsider re·con·sid·er v. re·con·sid·ered, re·con·sid·er·ing, re·con·sid·ers v.tr. 1. To consider again, especially with intent to alter or modify a previous decision. 2. plans to kill the domestic-partner benefits programs. "A lot of harm could be done by employers being too hasty hast·y adj. hast·i·er, hast·i·est 1. Characterized by speed; rapid. See Synonyms at fast1. 2. Done or made too quickly to be accurate or wise; rash: a hasty decision. ." Domestic-partner benefits were originally conceived to "recognize family diversity in the work place, not as a temporary solution until same-sex marriage was legalized," reads a coalition statement sent to several "large employers, including the city of Springfield, Mass. |
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